Chesson v. Hungerford

HOOD, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Gilbert Albert Chesson, Jr., and Sherman Fontenot, instituted this suit for damages against Adam A. Hunger-ford, alleging as a basis for their claim that defendant defamed them. Hunger-ford answered and filed a reconventional demand for damages, alleging that plaintiffs assaulted and struck him with a dangerous weapon, causing him to sustain physical injuries and other damages. The case has not come up for trial on its merits. We granted a writ of certiorari, however, to review an interlocutory order of the trial court limiting the scope of a discovery examination'…